Meet 826NYC’s Volunteer Committee! The 826NYC Volunteer Committee (VolComm) is a group of dedicated volunteers who provide integral support to 826NYC staff and the volunteer community at large. VolComm was…

826NYC is pleased to announce the William Peter Blatty Award for outstanding writing by a young author. The $1,000 award will be given to an 826NYC student, from either our…

David Zwirner Books and 826NYC are pleased to announce our first annual student literary prize—awarded together—to Isiah Tamar, a 17-year-old high school senior from Coney Island. Isiah’s poem, In Coney,…

826NYC has two new publications, Time Travel Is Nerve-Wracking and Food Defenders, from the imaginations of New York City’s young creative writers. Time Travel Is Nerve-Wracking, is a collection of…

Super Kids, Serious Authors is a celebration of 826NYC for supporters and volunteers featuring some of New York City’s best writers and actors reading stories, essays, and poems written by 826NYC students.…

BOB MAKELA has been paid to write magazine articles, screenplays, sitcoms, books, blog posts and stage banter for a rock star. He’s the Bob behind indie publisher Bobtimystic Books and…

826NYC is hiring a Development Coordinator to begin in August 2017. The Development Coordinator will work with the Development Manager and Executive Director to organize events to attract and retain…

Kate was born upstate in Troy, NY and spent most of her life around the Capital Region.  After getting her B.A. in Philosophy from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2012, she moved…

Dorothy was born & raised in Wilmington, DE, graduated from Barnard College & Boston Univ. Law School.  She practiced law in New Hampshire & Boston, MA from 1977 to 2014…

When I was contemplating “retiring” from the Montessori school in rural CT where I’d worked for twenty-five years, I knew I would still want to be involved in teaching, especially…